"Blackmail Has Begun": Sextorsion, a Phenomenon in the Midst of an Explosion on Which the Government Wants to Alert
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TikTok, Snapchat, Discord... Social networks and online discussion platforms and games have become the preferred hunting grounds for predators who are addicted to sexual extortion against minors. Reports are rising sharply according to figures from the Office for Minors and the e-Enfance association, to the point that the government has just launched a campaign to combat this practice.
The authorities are launching an awareness-raising campaign against "sexual extortion", a particularly worrying form of online blackmail. Thanks to intimate content obtained or created from all kinds of material, aggressors are putting pressure on young Internet users for financial or sexual purposes. The number of reports of these digital violence has increased in recent years. - "Blackmail has begun": sextorsion, a phenomenon in the midst of a…
Nearly 29,000 reports of online sextortion were recorded in France in 2024. To stop this blackmail with intimate images, CIIVISE and the Ministry of Health have been broadcasting since 25 September, on TikTok and Snapchat, a campaign aimed at 11-17 year-olds.
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